Russell Guerrero

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Speaker for Women's History Month to Look at the Link Between Genetics and Gender

March 13, 2000  - Priscilla Wald, an associate professor of English from Duke University, will present "Future Perfect: Genes, Gender and Geography" on Thursday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Tehuacana Room of Trinity University's Coates Center.  Her lecture will examine how technology and breakthroughs in genetic research are changing the way we define the terms "human being" and "population."  The event is sponsored by the Women's Studies Program at Trinity as part of Women's History Month.  It is free and open to the public. According to Wald, by labeling people as genetic carriers, we have put them in the center of a controversy between individual rights and obligations to society.  For example, now that it is possible to identify certain genetic diseases before birth, does that mean a pregnancy should be terminated?  Or, now that it is also possible to engineer reproductive cells, should the genetic carrier have a responsibility to remove genetic flaws to promote a healthier future population? Wald believes that since most of the ethical questions revolve around the area of reproduction, the ways we are defining "human being" and "population" have a definite gender slant. For more information, contact the Trinity English department at (210) 999-7517.

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